Solid, conservative employer with good benefits and work environment - Anonymous employee Unum Employee Review

4.0
Dec 3, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits (PTO, health, etc.) are top-notch. I started right out of undergrad with 23 days of paid vacation time. Salaries are decent too, given that most of Unum's home offices are in small, less-expensive cities. People are generally very friendly. Unum is a team-oriented environment in which people are willing and eager to help you learn and grow. Not many ultra-competitive types who hog the spotlight to get ahead. Management is generally supportive of developing employees. Senior leadership doesn't just pay lip-service to this - they really mean it. Usually very accessible and down to earth. Interesting, varied work depending on which department you work in. Most of the time, work-life balance is great. Managers and leadership are committed to ensuring you get to use all of your PTO! Overall, Unum is a welcoming place to work. It's a large enough company (Fortune 500 with 9500 employees) that you can get a huge variety of work experiences and responsibilities, but it's not so large that you feel totally lost.

Cons

Unum is a large insurance company. It is not an exciting start-up and the culture tends to be quite conservative, which can rub some people the wrong way. Decisions are driven overwhelmingly by consensus, which can be a good thing, but can also slow down the process. There is a culture of hesitance around speaking up, whether it be to raise new ideas or raise concerns about ethics / workplace issues. Some departments (e.g. HR) have suffered from significant reorganizations/cuts in recent years and performance has suffered as a result. Proprietary technology platforms are mostly old and cumbersome. Certain times of year (e.g. year/quarter end), you can push 60 hours/week.

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5.0
Jun 7, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits, wonderful coworkers and peers, caring DIRECT leadership, growth opportunities

Cons

Strict in office policy, leadership VP level and higher does not seem as caring, burnout possible, lower end of salary compared to the market

1.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Pto, good company to work for career wise, good discounts on things+discount for food on site.

Cons

Overworked like crazy, I was hired a few months ago but am already looking for something else, due to the stress and constant feeling of “wow finally i think im starting to get this” all to be reminded when submitting your tasks for mentor review you either did it right or have to redo the whole entire thing from scratch that is if your mentor is even available. Depending on your mentor as well that can really damper your experience and overall understanding. Training could have been done a lot better initially with constant exposure to different task types and different material. For example Medical certifications could have been shown over and over again for us to understand if it’s complete, incomplete and what significant health condition it would be for coding. With other team members also leaving as training ended and senior team members leaving once we got assigned the writing was on the wall. I really wanted to give Unum a shot and really try to see myself here, maybe it’s just the position of leave specialist or maybe all the jobs are the same, still can’t help but wonder if another position would’ve suited me better if they allowed role transfers sooner instead of waiting a minimum full year.

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